Chapter 126: The Usurper

With his upper body sliced up to bits, he manages to regain everything in an instant. "That's annoying," I complained. And these two unidentified people behind him don't move. Are they waiting for me to inflict serious damage at their master then that's when they attack me? Or are they really going to stay out of this fight?

I tried inflicting damage on him with my Soul Scythe but it seems that physical attacks are useless against him. Small cuts, to decapitation, are nothing. "Frozen Field!" A large scale magic that surrounded the whole castle covered in ice. "Ice Manipulation!" I can change the shape of ice freely and this frozen field is the best way for that.

Without warning, I changed the ice below him as stalagmites that rose up to his stomach. It pierced through his stomach and then his body suddenly turned ethereal and he walked through the stalagmites and got out of that trap.

He got out of his ethereal form and there's several holes on his body and he coughed blood. But all that slowly healed up back to full.

I seem to know what's going on. "I see. You're immune to physical attacks but somehow vulnerable to magic?"

"Hmm. To think you're a magician too. I thought you were just a muscle head who knows how to swing a farming tool." They replied.

"Hmph."

"Since you damaged me, you have the right to know my name. Placi Muriel. I'm a True Vampire!"

"I'm Zieglind Reysh. I'll usurp you from your throne."

"Come and try. It'll just be a matter of time until I feast on your blood."

I stepped back and so did he. I started off with another large scale spell. "Holy Pulse!" A small orb floating beside me that sends out shockwaves of light.

"Light magic? It is my weakness, but that's incredibly naïve! Light Magic Resistance!" A buff he casted on himself.

I'm guessing reducing the damage on light against him.

"Dispel." I removed my gazer form and Soul Scythe. "Armor of the Bloodfallen!" The armor formed on my body and pierced through my skin like butter. It's extremely damaging to me so I have to set up some precautions. "Auto-Recover, Increased Recovery, Health Regeneration MAX."

"What's with that armor? It seems to be damaging you per second." Placi asked.

"Nice. You have eyes."

"Annoying. I'll drag you to your doom." Suddenly, the air around us changed. "I sacrifice my arm, Blood Release!" His arms suddenly got torn off and floated in the air. It exploded into a large pool of blood which then he controlled I'm guessing by using a psychic ability as he compressed it into a small orb of blood.

"Blood Reconstruction!" I began to change his orb of blood to fit my blood type.

"What did you do?" He asked.

"Nothing."

"Tsk. Blood Scatter!" The orb in his hand began to shot out lines of blood in all directions.

"Come, Bloodlust!" Two of my nodachi appeared in my hand. "Sweeping Death!" I spun both of my swords cutting the whole room in half. The whole castle above us were destroyed as it fell outside releasing a large burst of sound and the ground quaked. This skill blocked every magic projectile that's heading towards or near me destroying it completely. So I cancelled out his spell. And even this skill, doesn't even damage his body. He's completely immune to physical attacks. And his arm that was sacrificed also got fully healed.

But even so, this dome is giving me plenty of buffs.

"Blood Pool!" A large pool of blood appeared below us to the point that it filled the whole room up to our knees. Humans, orcs and other species emerged as if trying to drag me down the pool.

"Blood Absorption!" All blood suddenly got absorbed into me denying his spell completely.

"Hnrg…" He was gritting his teeth out of anger.

Now for my next test, "Soul Homage!" I buffed up Bloodlust with this skill. It amplifies damage for my weapon. "Binding Light!" Tentacle like magic wrapped around Placi. He was restricted from all movements. I raised both of my swords in the air, I dug deep into the memories of the legendary swordsman Urgo. He mastered every blade skill there so I'm sure out of the countless moves he mastered, there's something I could use. And sure enough, I did. "Twin Blade Form: Lashes of Eternity!"

My nodachi glowed up in a black color. I swung my blade in an X form on his chest.

"ARGHHHHHH!" He writhed in pain.

It was powerful enough to slash everything behind him to the point that I destroyed the corrupted trees in the distance.

Placi recovered with ease but something was wrong. The giant X mark on his body wouldn't go away. "Wha.. WHAT IS THIS!? IT BURNS!!!" I took a look at the skill description,

[Twin Blade Form: Lashes of Eternity, charge up your blades with dark magic and slash everything in your way in an X form that travels a hundred meters. This can stack with other buffs or debuffs on your blades.

Another effect of this skill is the burning effect it releases on the wound after you damage an enemy. It also reduces the recovery rate and any other healing effects on the enemy by 80%.]

"This puny wound is nothing. HEAL DAMN IT!" But nothing happened. Placi was panicking.

"I'll end this." I rushed up to him and swung both of my blades like a bat aiming for his neck. But I suddenly got blocked by the two who were just standing by the side idly by.

That swing destroyed everything on the other side and managed to create a wind strong enough to the point that the trees outside fell down just because of the pressure. But to think that they managed to deflect it with ease…

They took of their cloaks and revealed themselves. "Master, we can't stand idly by. You're in too much trouble." One of them spoke.

"Tsk…" It seems that Placi has a high sense of pride. "Fine. Thanks Pablo."

This Pablo man is tall. Like around seven feet. Short blue hair and incredibly intimidating on his deep voice and how his body is chiseled.

The other man spoke, "Why aren't you healing master?"

"I don't know Juien. This is maybe anti heal skill or something."

Juien is the complete opposite of Pablo. He's small like around five feet or something. And it seems that he holds a large staff. I'm guessing he's a mage.

"That's enough talk." I interrupted. I rushed in, "Twin Blade Form: Rising Wind!" I spun around and a giant tornado formed and it lifted them up from the ground. I retracted back the other nodachi I had and only used one. "Summoned Swords!" It summoned 8 several swords around them as they were lifted up in the air. "Flash Area!" I created a small area wherein I'm free to move wherever as if I'm blinking everywhere really fast. It has no cooldown on where I want to move but it only lasts for 10 seconds.

With Juien's quick reflexes, he knew what I was going to do. "Absolute Barrier!" He casted on every single one of them.

I blinked behind Julien and grabbed the sword that was floating mid air and swung it onto his barrier. It was a loud burst of sound that was generated and the barrier he was being protected got a huge crack. I took this opportunity and grabbed another summoned sword and swung it on the barrier destroying it completely. Using the Bloodlust, I performed an overhead swing and slammed him onto the ground.

Placi and Pablo couldn't react. It was over in just three seconds. I blinked behind them with the help of Flash Area again. I grabbed the suspended swords mid air and did the same to them, smashed the barriers surrounding them and finishing both of them off with an overhead swing slamming both of them to the ground.

Placi was fine but the other two died. He's still recovering so I'm guessing he will not die unless I completely obliterate him. I gathered light and dark magic from both of my hands and aimed it at Placi.

Placi was aching and trying to recover while he lie in the ground. "Wait, wait! I'll be your servant. I'll do whatever you want! Don't kill me!" Placi pleaded to me.

"Tell that to the thousands of innocent people you killed. BRIGHTEST DARK!" A large beam of combination of light and dark magic managed to completely obliterate his whole body. But this beam of light was so strong that it managed to create a hundred meter hole when I fired it to the ground.

So this… this is the result of the two year training I did. Well it's not really a training but I really did improve. I'm happy with this. But is this enough for Tartarus? I'll find out when it's time to raid it.